Continued Evidence of London Police Brutality

From the NYT. Find the full article here:

Six officers from the Metropolitan Police Service have been suspended or placed on restricted duty after being accused of mistreating suspects during a drug-related raid last November, the police said on Wednesday.

The police would not give details about what the officers, from Enfield, in north London, are alleged to have done. Using the term “waterboarding,” several British newspapers reported that the charges include dunking the suspects’ heads in buckets of water to try to extract information. If corroborated, that practice would be different from the torture technique known as waterboarding which has inspired criticism of the United States government for its use in antiterrorism investigations.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Service said he could not comment on the reports.

The allegations were brought to the attention of the police by an unidentified employee of the department. They are being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which looks at police misconduct, and could result in criminal charges.

The police called the allegations serious and said they raised “real concern.”

This is particularly interesting given the rightward turn of British politics lately when the BNP (racist extremist anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic, anti-cooperation rightist group) won its first seats in Parliament. For more on that read here. I really don't understand what's going on in England, maybe the fact that the tube is shut down for a strike is making people nutso? Haha, just kidding, but it's worth keeping an eye on news in England.